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Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’ [402r] (806/1237)
The record is made up of 1 file (615 folios). It was created in 16 Dec 1941-6 Mar 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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away since tne midtile oi July, was expected back from Moscow on 1st
September, but he has not yet arrived,*
labour The unrest reported in paragraph 136 of this diary has
^led down owing to various steps taken by the employers to meet the
Workers* demands. With the cost of living still on the Increase,
however, these concessions can only be palliatives and it is unlikely
that the present peaceful state of affairs will last for long*
on September 1st the Workers 9 Union held a public meeting to
celeorate their first anniversary* The euief speaker was Khalil
Ingelab and it must be admitted to his credit that what he said was
sensible* he pointed out the absurdity of crops in plenty and
starving people in the towns. He asked why the sugar ration in
Tehran should be 7Q0 grammes and in Taoris only 300. He threw a few
bricks at the Director of jiducation and at the Director of Public
health, accusing the one of letting trie teachers go barefoot and
hungry without taking up cudgels on their behalf with the central
government, and the other, of remaining indifferent to the lamentable
state of the hospitals and so-called public health services whilst the
poor were dying without medicines or medical attention being available,
finally,he said that the reactionary elements which had caused the
bazaars to close a few days previously, had done so with tins object
of inciting the workers to loot and so discredit themselves. He
warned the workers against civil disorder and told them that their
ends would not be served by such means and enjoined courage and
steadfastness in their views which would, in the end, triumph*
i 178* x-ropflffi|p<frp The British landing in Italy has produced a very
[ marked effect on public opinion. The very fact that there was in
Azerbaijan such admiration for the armed might of Germany and such
profound belief in her invincibility has given an added lustre to the
brilliant Allied victories of the past few months. There are signs
that this admiration is now being accorded in increasing measure to
the Lillies and less grudgingly than a short while ago. Greater
[interest is being shown in things British and it is hoped to do quite
quite a nice little trade in the publicity shop with the recent con
signment of books sent up by the Public Relations Bureau. The cash
register is a good index to jmblic feeling*
3gd. i.C. Ogden
Acting Gonsul-General
British Consulate-General,
TABRIZ.
Distribution: Legation, Tehran (2)
Govt, of India
imabas sy, Kuiby siiev
Embassy, Ankara
CD X ( a ) (1 i G • ii • g • ,
Delhi.
Foreign Office (4)-
Ministate
ClCl, Tehran
Consul, Kermanshah
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Reports and correspondence concerning the internal situation in Azerbaijan and Tabriz during the region’s occupation by Soviet military forces, part of the Anglo-Soviet occupation of Persia [Iran] in the Second World War. The file chiefly comprises reports, submitted on a monthly (and later fortnightly) basis by the British Consul-General at Tabriz, reporting on events in Azerbaijan and Tabriz. Reports up to July 1942 are printed, while subsequent reports are typewritten. The typewritten reports are organised under subheadings that vary from one report to the next, but generally cover: weather; agriculture, locust movements, food supply and reports of hoarding; consular tours; the activities of consular colleagues and counterparts; local government, local politics, and elections; Kurdish affairs, including events at Rezaieh [Orūmīyeh]; Armenian affairs; public order; the activities of the Persian, Russian and United States military; trade, commerce and labour; transport and communications, including convoys, and the activities of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (UKCC); propaganda. From late 1944 onwards the reports increasingly focus on rising political and social unrest in Azerbaijan, which would eventually culminate in the Iran-Azerbaijan crisis of 1946. These later reports focus on the emergence and activities of new political parties (including the Tudeh Party and the Democratic Party), new political newspapers, and Soviet activities in Azerbaijan.
The file also includes: correspondence sent by the British Ambassador in Tehran, Reader William Bullard, forwarding the Tabriz Consul’s reports with comments to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; note sheets covering numerous reports, giving a précis of the report’s contents; the translation of a report by the Persian Minister for War, secretly obtained by British sources, describing military and political conditions at Rezaieh, dated 17 May 1942 (ff 560-564); a report of a visit to Rezaieh in February 1945, compiled by the British Consul-General at Tabriz (ff 147-154).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (615 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 617; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Coll 28/112A ‘Persia. Tabriz – Monthly despatches of internal situation in Azerbaijan & misc. reports.’
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- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:69v, 71r:136v, 138r:150v, 150ar:150av, 151r:194v, 196r:197v, 199r:300v, 302r:420v, 424r:560v, 565r:575v, 577r:581r, 583r:616v, back-i, back
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